[IC] HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

[kishin asura]

Asura silently portals behind mute and says "it matters to the people who care. Now kindly direct me to mia. And don't bother trying to detain me. I portaled to this room about two minutes ago."

[supertinyking]

@Tyki
"I'd think they'd be swayed by the fact their lives were in danger too, and they're the kind to be to thick skulled to believe such a thing can occur, they're not good as allies." Logar says. "Surprised to hear you talk, your name set the tone of being the silent, but strong type."
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"Yes, you could say that....We've agreed not to kill one another." Delta simply puts it, raising an eyebrow. "I take it you're not...." She then says, leaning forwards.

[supertinyking]

@kishin asura
Logar sees the Kishin portal in, and he freezes up. "Asura...how did you...." Logar begins, before seeming to begin to panic slightly. "Nononono, this can't be happpening..."

[kishin asura]

@supertinyking

"Oh hey dude." Asura says "can't talk right now. Kinda on a mission to kick mia's ass. Maybe doing enough damage to put her in a state of braindeath." At this point, logar realises asura is right next to him. While mute most likely turns around to face "asura". Probably the madness wavelength at it's finest.

[Tyki]

@supertinyking

"recent technological advancements and all that. kinetic dampeners mostly... prevents my voice from blowing you to tiny gibblets right now" she replies evenly, punching kishin in the face reflexively in the face when he appears, the force of her blow embedding him in the living stone wall with his face dented in cartoonishly, though she doesn't actually seem to notice him until logar starts freaking out. "another one?... you people and your lack of respect for proper procedures. what are you doing in my wall anyway?"

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"the assumption is correct. nothing personal but we have to kill you now" the wasp replies before comms break off and more ships appear, these ones appearing to be troop transports while the ship that had been discussing with them begins to nuke them from orbit, though the payload was actually laughably small. The transport ships however begin dropping in an epic number of troops though, roughly trippling the number of clones on the planet though their weaponry seemed to be kinetic in nature and their armor still primitive in that it was mostly just bits of metal stuck to them with good amounts of density.

[kishin asura]

@Tyki

"Asura" winces as "he" is slammed into the wall "nice move." "He" says from her left "too bad you missed." Indeed, the damage done to the wall, and the "asura" shee thought she punched, were practically nonexistent "now let's play a little guessing game. How many high-powered explosives do you think my madness wavelength allowed me to smuggle into this space station?" "He" seemed to be bluffing. If "he" was, "he" made no attempt to hide it.

[Tyki]

@kishin asura

considering the fact that her soul had a natural calming wavelength which actually canceled out your madness wavelength, and energy sensors around the planet prevented pretty much anything from being hidden from them she replies with an even "none" looking straight at the real you despite the fact that you'd been nearly put through a solid stone wall

[kishin asura]

@Tyki

Asura sighs and watches as mute continues to talk to the perfectly intact wall
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"Correct." "Asura" chuckled "since you know that, you should know just how well hidden I am."

[Tyki]

@kishin asura

(bro, your illusion stuff doesn't work. you're currently in the wall)

[kishin asura]

@Tyki

(Fine...)

"You're right." Asura says as he moves out of the wall "and now I'll take the time to do this." He forms his shield and sends it flying toward her. Expecting her to break it

[thewizardguy]

Mia smiles drily at the drone, her eyebrow twitching slightly. After a moment of silence, she just sighs and walks out of the room. As she moves past the tray, it bursts open violently, and she briefly retrieves her gear and clothing. "This is me, departing. I don't have time to wait that long, so I'll just find someone else to talk to." She marches out of the room, already homing in on the nearest soul that was beyond the average. Races that gave rank based on power were so convenient, it made it so much easier to find the important people. The nearest was Mute, who was near another interesting soul. Little did Mia know she was heading towards Logar. Behind her, the tray and wall begin weaving themselves back together.

[Tyki]

@kishin asura

Rather than break it she simply seems to switch places with him, causing it to peg him in the face. "you're rather inexperienced" she comments evenly with a small chuckle.

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@thewizardguy

mia finds little resistance, coming across kishin getting pegged in the face by what looks to be his own attack, logar strapped to a chair sort of hyper ventilating, and mute chuckling at them both as if she were playing, her soul seeming incredibly strange, as though slowly searing her insanity away the longer she stayed in the presence of her despite the fact that she seemed to not actually do it of her own volition showing a rare trait known as the 'calming' soul wavelength which counteracted the insanity wavelength, explaining why she was able to make a plaything out of kishin which relied so heavily on it.

[kishin asura]

@Tyki

The shield stops as soon as they switch "you're rather predictable." He says. He turns and sees mia "oh hey. I was just gonna ask where you were. Prepared to die already?"

[thewizardguy]

"oooh, I'm not interrupting anything, am I?" Mia smiles, as she walks into the room. With her came her usual aura of fear, and yet it seemed to stop halfway across the room, a strange barely perceptive change of lighting, of smell, of feeling. A tension between Mia and Mute, as Mia's aura of insanity hit Mute's Calming Soul Wavelength. Combined with the different, and yet equally strong Insanity Wavelength coming from Asura Kishin, the room was alive with the sound of weird.

Mia glanced at the figures gathered here, and her scalpel finger twitched. The sight of people in bonds always gave her the slight urge to cut something. Then again, so did breathing. The fight in the forefront interested her little. If Kishin decided to attack her here, she would temporarily ally with Mute, and even a Demon God stood no chance against two such opponents. "You look like an important person. Isn't that great? I need to talk to an important person, and the one I wanted disappeared. It's all rather inconvenient. And that means you're going to talk to me now." It wasn't a question, and as Mia strode in, her smile showed that she had no intention of debating this point. Her patience, as it were, had run out.

[kishin asura]

@thewizardguy

"Alright." Asura says "let's talk business. What are you planning?"

[Tyki]

@kishin asura

there's a rather sudden application of force on the back of your head before it's planted firmly in the stone of the floor as mute says evenly "quiet you. this is a neutral area. no killing."

@thewizardguy

minx would actually be able to watch the near instant blur of color denoting the path mute had taken to flip kick the back of kishin's head into a solid stone floor. "sorry about that, kalus's mate comandeered him randomly so you're left with me. what is it you wished to speak of?" mute replies evenly, offering mia a small plate of mint tea and a rather tasty looking biscuit with a bacon-like meat and jelly on it

[kishin asura]

@Tyki

Asura moves his head out of the way and elbows mute in the stomach "relax. Talk first. Then the killing. Also you really need to stop trying to take someone who can sense soul wavelengths by surprise."

[thewizardguy]

@supertinyking

Matt chuckles, as Drac speaks. "I have a rather pertinent memory of you throwing me through a wall. Several, if I recall." Regardless of this, he could not help but recall a time when he did not have to look over his shoulder constantly. When there were those who would walk beside him of their own free will. It was an easier time back then. There is no cloak more comfortable than the warm weight of naivete. "I am not foolish enough to trust Mia, I have not forgotten the actions of her father. Nor am I foolish enough to trust you, however, Drac. We may have been friends at one point, but that time is long behind us, and old wounds sting bitterly."

Mia growls at Drac, her eyes flaring. "Your family-"

"Will remain completely unharmed and safe." Cosmos strokes his finely kept hair, as he sighs. "As a token of good will, I will grant the both of you these coordinates." He holds up a projector, which then projects a number of coordinates in the air. "Follow them, and you may be able to reunite some of that old friendship. My offer remains standing, but I can see that further words would be wasted." He then turns, and leaves, Mia leaving soon after.

[thewizardguy]

@Tyki@kishin asura
Smiling, Mia accepts, sipping the tea quietly. It did not cater towards her specific tastes, of course, but she had not expected it to. Only Bob knew the specific blend she liked, and he would guard that secret with his life. "I'm here to ask for the Sergal assistance in a certain matter, regarding a being whom I believe to be attempting an act of Universal, if not Multiversal, destruction. This being, named 5, is a threat to us both, and I would like your assistance in prohibiting it." Mia sits down on one of the chairs in the area. "Kishin here might also be interested, if you two can stop trying to outdo one another?"

[Tyki]

@thewizardguy

"i suppose, but the assistance we'd provide would be dependant on the individual at question as well as the pay in question. i'm assuming you have a sizable enough pocket book to by more than a laser pistol?" mute replies dryly, just sort of turning the kick to the back of asura's head into perching on it playfully, her surprisingly light weight and his above human strength making it so that he barely noticed as she sips at her tea, the jerky on the biscuit having quite the savory and sweet taste, the jam's tangy, grape-like (as well as mango-like) taste providing a strangeness that somehow complimented the entire thing while the tea was mint (of course) and quite strong.